Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan | |
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Ter-Tadevosyan in Shusha in 2012 | |
| Native name | Արկադի Տեր-Թադևոսյան |
| Birth name | Artush Tadevosyan |
| Nickname(s) | Komandos (in Nagorno-Karabakh) Mountain Fox (in Afghanistan) |
| Born | 22 May 1939 Tbilisi, Soviet Georgia, Soviet Union |
| Died | 31 March 2021 (aged 81) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Armenia |
| Branch | Soviet Army Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army Armed Forces of Armenia |
| Rank | Major General (1992) |
| Commands | Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army[1] |
| Battles / wars | Soviet–Afghan War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Capture of Shusha |
| Awards | see below |
Arkady Ivani Ter-Tadevosyan (Armenian: Արկադի Իվանի (Հովհաննեսի) Տեր-Թադևոսյան; Russian: Аркадий Иванович Тер-Тадевосян; May 22, 1939 – March 31, 2021) was an Armenian military leader of the Armenian forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. He is best known as the commander of the operation to capture the town of Shushi in May 1992.
He has the rank of major general in the Armenian Army. He attended a military academy in Saint Petersburg and served in the Soviet Army.
Yer-Tadevosyan died on March 31, 2021 in Yerevan at the age of 80.[2]
References
- ↑ Anon. Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Chronology of Key Events February 1988-June 2003 Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine. NKR Office in Washington D.C. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
- ↑ "Legendary commander Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan dies aged 81". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
More readings
- "Tadevosyan, Arkady" entry in the Encyclopedia of Karabakh Liberation War: 1988-1994. Yerevan, 2004.